Is the Brit' Champions Jersey the lamest in cycling?

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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    My last comment on this subject is ... In the following photograph, who is looking to get their photo taken with who (to save you time, it's not Russell Downing) ...

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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    BTW, that wouldn't make a good GB champs jersey ...
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Some tasteless s'hit going on here. Well done.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    I was wondering if I hadn't been a bit rash in blocking crankbrother. Seems not. Although only seeing snippets possibly makes him look even more mental.
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  • Pross
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    prawny wrote:
    I was wondering if I hadn't been a bit rash in blocking crankbrother. Seems not. Although only seeing snippets possibly makes him look even more mental.

    So true, wish people would stop quoting him!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    ddraver wrote:
    Could go down the MTB route of just having one "champion sleeve "

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    Oh my eyes! That is a truly horrendous kit either with or without the Union Flag sleeve :shock:
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Back on topic....I for one am of the view that there is something eloquent and traditional about the white jersey with coloured bands. And of course black shorts. Cavendish looked good in the world jersey and will look good when he wears this (yellow and green intervals permitting).
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Back on topic....I for one am of the view that there is something eloquent and traditional about the white jersey with coloured bands. And of course black shorts. Cavendish looked good in the world jersey and will look good when he wears this (yellow and green intervals permitting).

    I hate shorts that are matched with the champs/category jersey. Smacks of trying too hard. I mean, Pozzato should be jailed for some of the stuff he turned out in.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Hmm, they went with the sleeves because sponsors were actively dissuading their riders from riding (or winning) National Champs because it so reduced the amount of space for logos. Given that MTBing isnt exactly rolling in cash, it was one of the better UCI decisions recently...

    Not sure I agree with getting rid of the WC stripes so completely though...
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    i think the problem with out jersey is that the Union Flag us such an emotive design and to reduce it to three strips just doesn't look good to some. I think the Australian one with the strips works ok and the colours seem to work but for us it just doesn't look right to me
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    I mean, Pozzato should be jailed for some of the stuff he turned out in.

    And not just on the bike! :shock: :wink:

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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Above The Cows wrote:

    A Sidi cycling shoe does not a jock strap make.

    Nor does it make a decent stir fry.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
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    If you wanted to make it classy then lose the union flags from the shoulders, otherwise very nice!
    I agree, Union Jacks rounding the sleeves would look far better.

    But maybe it’s always been so – I have a magazine from 2005 with a photo from 1967 which shows Barry Hoban and Vin Denson wearing jerseys with Union Jacks on their shoulders, as members of the UK team in the TdF.
    The flags on their jerseys are turned 90 degrees compared to the above pic, which also makes them nonsensical.
    The jersey then was obviously designed by a man!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Crankbrother wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Crikey, some folks get excited ... The GB jersey is naff but I suppose there is now a history behind it so changing it wouldn't be the cycling way ...

    Might have to change if Scotland vote for independence.

    See, there are no winners in Scotland becoming independent ...

    David Millar would win.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Crankbrother wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Not a hero, just more of one than Wiggo ... which isn't a compliment to Saville ...


    You honestly believe that Bradley Wiggins is less worthy of admiration than the most prolific child molester ever exposed in Britain? A man who abused his position of trust to sexually exploit young people literally hundreds of times?

    Have a word.

    I'm (almost) certain Saville wasn't knighted for kiddie-fiddling ... I am certain that Wiggo was knighted for riding for his own personal glory ...

    I have no love for either ... I just know it winds the Wigginswankers (copyright pending) up ... and adds some perspective to what we hand out honours for, and to whom ...

    It really doesn't.

    It's just stupid.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    I quite like the Estonian jersey for some reason.
  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    I mean, Pozzato should be jailed for some of the stuff he turned out in.

    Sorry to take this off topic, but couldn't help but think about the outfit he was wearing after his ride at Stage 18 of this year's Giro. Somehow he managed to make the Lampre kit even more fantastic/outlandish than usual:

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    For what it's worth, I think the British jersey is fairly tasteful and easy enough to identify in the peloton - unlike the Radioshack national champs jerseys.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    I always liked Jeremy Hunt's national champs jersey when he was at Banesto.

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    andyp wrote:
    I always liked Jeremy Hunt's national champs jersey when he was at Banesto.

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    Bit um 90s that!
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    I really like the British Champions Jersey and I'm a paddy.

    No need to change a classic.
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  • compo
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    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....
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  • Ed-tron
    Ed-tron Posts: 165
    From the title I thought this thread was going to be about how the holder of the Brittish champions jersey was normally not much to be feared in the pro peloton. ... But it was about the design. Silly me.

    Would be soo good to see Cav win the first stage at the TdF whilst in the national champ jersey.
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    edited June 2013
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....
    Sorry, what?
    Ed-tron wrote:
    Would be soo good to see Cav win the first stage at the TdF whilst in the national champ jersey.
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    To be fair to Pozzato the black national cross kit was very nice
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....

    Not sure why as in his post race interview he said how proud he was to win and how proud he is to be British.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Pross wrote:
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....

    Not sure why as in his post race interview he said how proud he was to win and how proud he is to be British.


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  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Daz555 wrote:
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....
    Sorry, what?

    I think this has been covered in a thread in the past few days. The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom. Cavendish is from the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency rather than part of the UK.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    But it is now different to wearing the red, white and blue colours in stripe format surely? Maybe the jersey should be based on the Royal standard instead :lol:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    gpreeves wrote:
    Daz555 wrote:
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....
    Sorry, what?

    I think this has been covered in a thread in the past few days. The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom. Cavendish is from the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency rather than part of the UK.
    He may be from the Isle of Man, but he represents the UK in World Championships and Olympics. If he wins a gold they raise the Union Jack.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    RichN95 wrote:
    gpreeves wrote:
    Daz555 wrote:
    compo wrote:
    Given who has just won the national champs jersey, I'm sure that having a Union Jack on it would be a bit daft.....
    Sorry, what?

    I think this has been covered in a thread in the past few days. The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom. Cavendish is from the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency rather than part of the UK.
    He may be from the Isle of Man, but he represents the UK in World Championships. If he wins a gold they raise the Union Jack.


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